In 1901 4-year-old Edith was a patient in Cheetham Hospital in North Manchester.[3]
Her father died in 1910.
In 1911 Edith, aged 14, was a confectioners assistant, living with her widowed mother and 4 siblings in Johnsons Square, Crumpsall, Manchester. [4]
Sources
↑Birth Registration England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp database entry for ECKERSALL, EDITH CALLON Mother's maiden surname: SUTHERLAND ), GRO Reference: 1896 D Quarter in PRESTWICH Volume 08D Page 427
↑1901 Census:
"1901 England Census"
Class: RG13; Piece: 3771; Folio: 126; Page: 2; ED, institution, or vessel: Clinical Hospital; Household Schedule Number: 1 Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) Ancestry Record 7814 #23774914 (subscription required, accessed 5 June 2022)
Edith Eckersall (4) patient in household of Christopher Finnerty (72) in North Manchester in Prestwich registration district in Lancashire, England. Born in Manchester.
↑1911 Census:
"1911 England Census"
The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911; Registration District Number: 467; ED, institution, or vessel: 29; Piece: 24199 Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) Ancestry Record 1911England #23328220 (subscription required, accessed 5 June 2022)
Edith Callan Eckersall (14) daughter, Confectioners Assistant, in household of Janet Callan Eckersall (38) at 12 Johnsons Square Crumpsall Manchester, North Manchester, England. Born in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edith by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Edith: